By 1890 there were twenty tinplate works in Carmarthenshire and south-west Wales was producing 90% of the world’s tinplate of which 75% was being imported by the United States.  Llanelli had become such a significant regional producer of tin that it was referred to as ‘Tinopolis’. The American market for tinplate was devastated in 1890 when their government enacted the McKinley Tariff, which raised the tax levied on imports from 30% to 70%.  This also saw the emigration of many involved in the tinplate industry to America, mainly to Philadelphia and Ohio.

Amongst those involved was Charles Maliphant [##45007] who was manager at the Morewood Steel and Tinplate Works (South Wales Works) and went out to Gas City, Indiana (USA) to oversee the construction of a tinplate works there in 1892.

There was a street called Maliphant Row at the South Wales Works that was named after him.
Historical images are at the foot of this page.

Stephen Fisk wrote an article on the Machynys area and published it on his website.
I am extremely grateful for his permission to reuse his research and have transcribed his words and pictures to have them here on this website.

Our name continues at Machynys as the name of the 10th hole on the Machynys Peninsula Golf and Country Club Map.
It is also the name of a block of apartments in the Bwlch-y-gwynt housing development Map.